Wales in talks with England opponents over pre-World Cup friendly with Premier League stars to feature

The Dragons have only played African opposition once before
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Wales are in talks over a pre-World Cup friendly against England’s group rivals, Ghana.
The Dragons’ World Cup fate will be decided next month, with Craig Bellamy’s side involved in the play-offs.
But Wales are planning a Cardiff send-off against Ghana, in a game potentially featuring the likes of Manchester City’s Antoine Semenyo and Tottenham’s Mohammed Kudus.
Should they qualify, it would be a final warm-up game in the United States ahead of their tournament opener against co-hosts Canada in Toronto on June 12.
Football Association of Wales chief executive Noel Mooney said: "If we qualify, we’d like to have a proper send-off game at home."
"We were kind of annoyed we didn’t have one before the 2022 World Cup because it was so late in the window.
"There’s nothing finalised yet, but we’ve been talking to Ghana and that’s one we’ll probably explore a bit more.
"We’ve signed a cooperation agreement with the Ghanian FA in recent times, more to do with coaching education."

Wales are in talks over a pre-World Cup friendly against England’s group rivals, Ghana
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He added: "But as part of that agreement we’ve said we’d like to play each other.
"They’ve got plenty of very good players and it would be a really interesting challenge for us."
The FAW celebrated its 150th anniversary on Monday and is the third-oldest federation in world football.
But Wales have only played African opposition once before, in a 1998 friendly in Tunisia.
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“But one of our ideas was that we would play against a team from Africa with a different style of football.
"Ghana would be a nice game in the summer at Cardiff City Stadium, but it’s not done yet.”
Wales host Bosnia and Herzegovina in a Cardiff play-off semi-final on March 26.
The World Cup draw took place in Washington | GETTYThe winners will play Italy or Northern Ireland at home five days later for a place at the World Cup.
Should Craig Bellamy's side overcome both hurdles, they would join Canada, Qatar and Switzerland in Group B.
Ghana are in the same group as England, Croatia and Panama, with the Black Stars meeting Thomas Tuchel’s side at Foxborough on June 23.
Scotland will kick off their campaign against Haiti in Boston on 13 June.
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